Kailash Thakur v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60234 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-182 Year-2025 Thana- ARA NAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== 1.
Kailash Thakur S/o Late Om Prakash Thakur R/o Village- Bind Toli, P.S.- Ara Town, District- Bhojpur 2.
Suraj Thakur @ Janu S/o Late Om Prakash Thakur R/o Village- Bind Toli, P.S.- Ara Town, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Diwakar, Ms. Sheeba Naz, Ms. Priya Kumari, Mr. Sonu Kumar Yadav, Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocates For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta, A.P.P.
For the Informant :
Mr. Kamlesh Prasad Yadav, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, informant and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. Petitioners seek regular bail in connection with Ara Town (Ara Nagar) P.S. Case No. 182 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 103(1), 109 & 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 27 of Arms Act
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 15.03.2025 at about 9:00 PM, while informant was going home with his friends, these petitioners along with co-accused Golu Thakur opened fire on them, causing bullet injuries to informant and his friends, leading to the death of one Sikandar @ Ajay Shankar
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60234 of 2025(4) dt.07-11-2025 2/2 Kumar.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. Petitioner no. 1 is in custody since 07.07.2025 and petitioner no. 2 is in custody since 11.04.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that petitioners are assailants of the deceased.
6. Considering the nature of accusation and materials available on record, prayer for bail of the petitioners is rejected.
7. However, since petitioner no. 1 is in custody since 07.07.2025 and petitioner no. 2 is in custody since 11.04.2025, Trial Court is directed to expedite and conclude the trial, preferably, within a period of one year from the date of receipt/production of copy of this order.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T